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Receiving Texts when not in a roam free destination


I’m travelling to Turkey which is not in the 50 roam free destinations. I’m looking for confirmation that I will receive 2FA SMS texts for banking and other services. I also have a £0 cap to avoid additional charges.

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MZone
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  • March 16, 2025

It’s free to receive SMS’s while roaming. Cannot guarantee you will get 2FA SMS’s as nothing is guaranteed.

Just to make you aware delivery of messages abroad is the responsibility of the roaming network.

If it doesn’t work on one you can try changing your roaming network.

Also SMS delivery is not guaranteed. 


Tom
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  • March 17, 2025

Hi ​@KandC 

 

I’d recommend the same as ​@MZone above, you wouldn’t be charged for receiving them whilst in Turkey, however we have seen issues where users don’t receive the messages whilst roaming, trying other networks whilst roaming is recommended.

 

Thanks for the help here ​@MZone.

 

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/international-and-roaming-charges

 

Tom